Whirling balls toy

ABSTRACT

A TOY FOR MANUAL OPERATION COMPRISING A HANDLE, A STRING TO BE SUPPORTED AT ONE END BY THE HANDLE AND A NUMBER OF BALLS FIXED TO SAID STRING NEAR THE OTHER END THEREOF SUCH THAT A ROTATING WRIST ACTION IMPARTED TO THE HANDLE WILL CAUSE THE DEPENDING BALLS TO WHIRL IN A PLANE PASSING THROUGH THE BALL FIXED CLOSET TO THE HANDLE LENGTHWISE OF THE STRING.

p R. A. JoNEs 3,605,327

WHIRLING BALLs ToY 3 sheetsSheet 1 Fi1ed !arch 3. 1969 sepL 20. 1'"

A. JoNEs wHIBLING BALLs oY 3 sheetsSheet 2 11ed nBrch sl 1969 p 1971 R.A. JoNEs 3,60s,327

wHIRLING BALLs To Pi1Qd uarh 3. 1969 v 3 sheetSsheet s United stateSPate11t F 3,605,327 vvHIRLING BALLS ToY ffon31d A. Jones, LovaL Quebec,Canada (470 Cafn bffdge Sfl 401 oaWo, K1S4H8, ()nfafio, Caoada) Fi1edMof. 3, 19o9, Sef. No. 803,o45 claimS pffofify, appHcooonoda, Dec. 23,1068,

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UIS. cL 4o-s1 8 claimS ABSTRACT of THE DfSCLoSURE ThiS invenfion felateSto a toy and nfofe pafticulafly to a nlanuany opefated toy having banSfixed to a Stfing fof vvhifling Inotion.

Thefe afe knovvn in the aft nunlefouS toyS including one of fIfofe baHsattached to a Stfing. Thefe is a1so known a toy compfising a hoopattached at the end of a stfing of a Stick and adapted to peffofm aWhifling n1otion.

It is an obiect of the invention to pfovide a new toy of tho Stfing andbaHS type Whefein the baHs afe fixed to the stfing and afe adapted topeffofn1 a vvhifling Inotion. Anothef obiect of the invention iS topfovide a toy of the Stfing and banS type whefein the bans afeSyInnletficany xed at one end of the stfing lengthWiSe thefeof.

A nlofe specific obiect of the invention is to pfovide a SfIan unevenn11fflbef of banS fixed to a Sffing and adapted to peffoffn a Whiflingn10tion upon enefgization thfough a WfiSt action.

The invention Wi11 be descfibed in detail by fefefence fo the foHowingdescfiption and appended dfawingS Whefein iS inustfated a pfefeffedfofIn of the invention and in Which:

FIG. 1 is an elevation vievv of one embodin1ent of the toy in themotionless State.

FIG. 2 is an elevation vievv of the toy of F1(} 1 aS Seen in an affestedpoSition of the noffnal opefation State.

FIG. 3 is a p efspective view of the same embodin1ent of the t0y fhistinle, as Seen ffom the top vvhen in Inotion.

The toy illuStfated cofnpfiSes a stfing of cofd 1 on wvhich afefnoI1nted and fixed a nuInbef of baHs Z, 3 and 4 aS Shown in thedfaWingS. As wn1 be undefstood lafer, the nun1bef of ba1S is notlifnited to five as in the dfovvingS. The end offhe stfing 1 femote ffomthe banS iS thfeaded thfough a bofe 5 extending thfough the boftom of ahoHow handlo 15 and a knot 7 at the end of the Stfing 1 fetains thelattef in the bofe 5 of the handle 6. The Sffing 1 should be vefyHexible and ffee to fotate in the bofe 5 of the handle 6. In ofdef to doso, the knot 7 should b nlade sfflal1 enough to fotate inSide the holloWhan d e 6.

The fvhifling bans toy is opefated by hoIding the handle 6 in aSUbsfantiany veftical position With one hand, the banS and the stfinghanging down vefticany ffom the handle and by inlpa^fting a fofafyfffotion to the handle and the bal1S. Aftef the baHS have gathefed someWhif1- ing speed, they n1ove tovvafd a hofizonta1 position in the planeof the highest ban, in thiS inSfance, the uppef ball 4. At that moment,as inUStfated in FIG. 2, a vefy SHght IIlotion of the hand of 1ngefS iSsuHicient to cause the 3,605,327 Pafenfed sepf. 20, 1971 ballS to adopta planaf WhifHng of ofbfting notion. That is, the baHS all fotate in thesafne plane pasSing fhfough the Uppeffnost balL undef the action of thecentfifugal fofco acting on the fotating banS to pfodnce a dynaIniceqlIilibfiufn. In FIG. 2, the ban caHed the uppefInost ba11 is the ball4 located on the left that is, flle ban cloSest to the handle 61engthWiSe of the stfing 1.

In ofdef to funy undefstand the pafticulafities of the invention, Ishall novv descfibe ceffain chafactefistics felated to the balls. ASStated eaflief, the numbef of ballS iS not necessafily lin1ited to five.Any numbef of balls nlay be l1Sed, pfefefably an uneven nun1bef shouldbe used and the numbef Selected should be felatively low, Such as 3, S,7 of 9.

Five ba11S appeaf to pfoduce the ()ptiIInfn peffoTInance. An Unevennufnbef is pfefeffed fof vvheflin vvflifling fffo tion, t11e n1iddlebaIL ban z, stayS Snbstantially fnotioIf- 1eSS compafed to the othefbanS Which peffofm an of biting fnofion afound the said n1iddle balLThis appafent SubStantially fnotionless ffliddle ball pfoduceS abeautiful and amazing effect specially When 1Tfulti-coloufed ballS afe11Sed. Anothef chafactefistic Telated to the balls iS theif dispositionalong tho stfing and theif choice. BaSic ally, easily suStainableWhifling fnotion vin be obtained if the banS and symn1etfically affanged1engthWiSe of the stfing in othef wofdS if the bans afe symn1etficallydiS posed and balanced felative to a n1iddle position detef' minedinteffnediafe and eSpective to the gfoup of balls. Fof oXan1plo, if anuneven n11Inbef of balls is 11Sed, the ballS Should be locatedsymInetficany fespective to the ban in the n1iddle of the gfoup. TheballS do not need to be an of the same weight but the banS oquany Spacedffom the fniddle ban of the point of Symmetfy Should be of the San1eWeight in ofdef to achieve a unifofm and stable whifling of the banS.Fof example, in the pafticulaf embodiInent illuStfated anddeScfibed, thefwo ballS 3 Should have the Sanle veight and ShoI1ld be equally Spacedffon1 the middle ban 2 and the same appHes to the two ba11s 4.

The ballS Should pfefefably be n1ultico1oufed. The bans afe pfefefablyInade of fffbbef of othef fesilient nlatefial to avoid ininfy to theuSef of the byStandef. Tho balls collld eqIlany vve11 be nlade of anyothef figid of Semffigid nlatefial such as wood, plastics and nletals. Abofe exfendS dian1etfically acfoSS each ba11 and sefveS to thfead theStfing thefethfough. The bans afe adapted to gfip the Stfing in ofdef tofxedly position the balls on the lattef. In the caSe of fubbef aodplastic ballS, the bofe may be made Smanef than the stfing in ofdef topfovide the gfipping action.

Any commonly uSed matefial Such as Wood of plastic may be osed fof thehandle 6. The stfing of cofd 1 mUSt have SubStantial fleXibility andn1uSt pfefefably be fotatably attached to the handle o. In theembodiment inus tfated, the knot 7 iS 1()oSely insefted in the bofe ofthe honow handle 6.

AS can be seen in the dfaWingS Which ill11Stfate a pfe feffedeInbodinlent of fhe invention, the ban closest to the handle along thesf ing iS pfefefably positioned fflid- Way betWeen fhe ends of thestfing.

vvhile a pfofeffed oInbodin1ent of the invention haS been specificallydisclosed it is undefstood that the invention iS not lifnited thefetoasITlany vaTiationS vvin be Teadily appafent to those skined in the aftand the in vention iS to be given its bfoadeSt possible intefpfeta tionWithin the tefmS of the fonowing clainlS.

What I clain1 is:

1. A Whifling bans toy compfising a stfing, a handle attached to one endof said stfing, and a plufality of bans thfeaded in Spaced apaftfelationship onto said Sffing lengthWise thefeof, Said Stfing paSsingdiafnetfically thfongh each ban and the centfe of gfavity thefeof, eachball ffictiona11y gfipping the stfing to fetain a Spaced aTt xedposition along the latter, Said baHs being con centTated at the oppositeend of said StTing Telative to the handle and being constructed andarfanged Whereby a fotary n10tion imparted to the handle can cauSe thede pendin banS to whiT1 in a coIntlon and subStantiall hoTizontal plane.

2. A WhHn banS to as deHned in claim 1, Wherein the ban cloSeSf to fhehandle along the st1ing iS poSi tioned substantiaH midvva between thetW() endS of the St1ing.

3. A WhiTHng bans foy aS dened in clain1 1, WheIein Said baHS areSymmetficaHy attached along Said opposite end of said StTin 4. AWhiTling bans toy aS deHned in clain1 3, Wherein the number of baHs inuneven and Telatively low such that one baH is ositioned in the n1iddlewith Tes ect to fhe otheI' banS lengthWiSe of the string.

5. WhHng bans toy as defined in claim 4, Wherein each ba11 on one sideof the middle ban haS the same Weight aS the corTeSponding ban locatedon the othe1 Side of the middle ban at the same diStance from thelatter.

6. A WhiTHn ballS toy aS denned in clain1 5, vvheTein a11 the balIS aresubstantiany equally Spaced ond offho same Weight.

7. A Whirlin balls t()y as dened in claiIn o, WheTein the stTing isTotatably attached to the handle,

8. A WhiTing bans foy as denned in claim 7, Wherein there are ve bansand the latte1 a1e made of feSilient Inaterial Whereby the TesiHency ofthe InateIial of the banS assuTes ri in of the String portions extendinin side Said bans.

ReferenceS Ced UNITED STATEs PATENTS L93943 10/1933 SInith 461 FOREIGNPATENTS 1 l09 3S 195S France 4651 LOUIS G, MANCENE, Primar ExamineT A.HEINZ, ASSiStant ExaIIineT

